Creating your own Speedtest utility in Python

It is easy to create your own speedtest utility in Python. You will require Speedtest-CLI module to build your utility.

To install Speedtest-cli, run “pip install speedtest-cli” command

Once speedtest-cli is installed, import it into your Python file.

import speedtest

result = speedtest.Speedtest() 

Following code will help you to find the best Speedtest server depending on your location

best_server = result.get_best_server()

print(f"Checking speedtest using server located in {best_server['country']}") 

Now, run the speed test for Download, Upload and ping result.

# Running the download speed

print("Running download speedtest...")

dw_result = result.download()

# Running the upload spped

print("Running upload speedtest...")

up_result = result.upload()

# Running a ping test

ping_result = result.results.ping 

Using below code, you can covert the result in to Mbps and truncate the value to 2 decimal values

download_result = round((dw_result /1024 / 1024),2)

upload_result = round((up_result /1024 / 1024),2)

ping_result = round(result.results.ping,2) 

Print the output of your speed test result.

print(f"Download speed is {download_result} Mbps")

print(f"Upload_speed is {upload_result} Mbps")

print(f"Ping is {ping_result} ms")

Hope you find it useful.

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